A lens includes a top surface, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, and a side surface interconnecting outer edges of the top surface and the bottom surface. An aspheric protrusion member protrudes from the top surface. The protrusion member includes coaxial extending portions which are stacked along an optical axis of the lens. A step is formed between each two adjacent extending portions. A receiving chamber is recessed from the bottom surface and oriented toward the top surface. The receiving chamber includes a top surface being roughened to diffuse light and make the diffuse light evenly travel through the lens.
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1. A lens for light emitting diode (LED) backlight module comprising:
a top surface, an aspheric protrusion member protruding from the top surface, the protrusion member comprising a plurality of coaxial extending portions, the extending portions stacked along an optical axis of the lens, a step formed between each two adjacent extending portions;
a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, a receiving chamber recessed from the bottom surface and oriented toward the top surface, and the receiving chamber comprising a top surface being roughened to diffuse light and make the diffused light evenly travel through the lens; and
a side surface interconnecting outer edges of the top surface and the bottom surface.
10. A light emitting diode (LED) backlight module comprising:
a light guiding plate;
an LED; and
a lens below the light guiding plate and covering the LED, the lens comprising:
a top surface, an aspheric protrusion member protruding from the top surface, the protrusion member comprising a plurality of coaxial extending portions, the extending portions stacked along an optical axis of the lens, a step formed between each two adjacent extending portions;
a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, a receiving chamber recessed from the bottom surface and oriented toward the top surface, and the receiving chamber comprising a top surface being roughened to diffuse light emitted from the LED and make the diffuse light evenly travel through the lens and radiate towards the light guiding plate; and
a side surface interconnecting outer edges of the top surface and the bottom surface.
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1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to backlight modules, and more particularly to a light emitting diode (LED) backlight module having a lens.
2. Description of Related Art
A conventional LED backlight module includes a backlight plate, a plurality of LEDs mounted on the backlight plate and a lens covering the LEDs and mounted on the backlight plate. The lens is manufactured by injection molding. A mold for the lens is machined by high precision tools and a plurality of concentric recesses is defined in an inner surface of the mold. When the lens is manufactured, a plurality of glue is filled in the mold and solidified by heat. A plurality of concentric protrusions is formed on an outer surface of the lens according with the concentric recesses in the mold. When light emitted from the LED radiates through the concentric protrusions of the lens, a plurality of concentric halos is obtained. Thus, the light of the conventional LED backlight module is unevenly distributed.
What is needed, therefore, is an improved LED backlight module which overcomes the above described shortcomings.
An embodiment of an LED backlight module in accordance with the present disclosure will now be described in detail below and with reference to the drawings.
In the description that follows, the stated orientations of all of the elements of the consumer electronic product assembly are with reference to the orientations of all of the elements as shown in
Referring to
The light guiding plate 21 is an elongated plate and spaced from the lens 10. The light guiding plate 21 has a light guiding surface 210 facing the lens 10. A size of the light guiding plate 21 is larger than that of the lens 10. A central portion of the light guiding plate 21 covers a top end of the lens 10.
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The top surface 11 is circular. A central portion of the top surface 11 is protruded to form an aspheric protrusion member 110 thereon. The protrusion member 110 includes a plurality of annular extending portions 1100. The extending portions 1100 and the top surface 11 are coaxial. The extending portions 1100 are stacked along the optical axis of the lens 10. Diameters of the extending portions 1100 decrease from a central one to a periphery one located at an outside of the central one along a radial direction of the top surface 11. Thus a step is formed between each two adjacent extending portions 1100. In this embodiment, the top surface 11 further includes an annular connecting surface 112 enclosing the protrusion member 110. An inner edge of the connecting surface 112 connects an outer edge of the protrusion member 110. An outer edge of the connecting surface 112 connects a top end of the side surface 13. The connecting surface 112 may be flat, convex, or concave. In this embodiment, the connecting surface 112 is flat. The side surface 13 is cylindrical and opposite ends thereof respectively connect the top surface 11 and the bottom surface 12.
A central portion of the bottom surface 12 is recessed towards the top surface 11 to define a receiving chamber 120 therein. The LED 22 is received in a bottom end of the receiving chamber 120. The receiving chamber 120 is cylindrical and includes a top surface 1200 and a side surface 1202 extending downwardly from an outer periphery of the top surface 1200. The top surface 1200 is roughened to diffuse light emitted from the LED 22 from different directions. A central portion of the top surface 1200 is recessed towards the top surface 11 to define a recess 122 therein. The recess 122 is arc-shaped and convex towards the top surface 11.
A plurality of poles 124 extends downwardly from a periphery of the bottom surface 12 to engage with a printed circuit board (not shown). The bottom surface 12 is flat. The poles 124 are evenly spaced from each other and perpendicular to the bottom surface 12. In this embodiment, each pole 124 is cylindrical and the number of the poles 124 are three.
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In this disclosure, the top surface 1200 of the receiving chamber 120 is roughened, so light emitted from the LED 22 can be diffused by the top surface 1200 to different directions to change original radiation directions of the light. The diffused light evenly travels through the lens 10, so no concentric halo can produce.
It is to be further understood that even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present embodiments have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structures and functions of the embodiments, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the disclosure to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
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